GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce GTX 950
Summary
GeForce GTX 680
126%
GeForce GTX 950
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 680
123%
GeForce GTX 950
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| 23% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 |
| 105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 680 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 680
The GeForce GTX 680 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | vs | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 1024 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 680 | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | vs | 90 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 20 Aug 2015 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
10700
GeForce GTX 950
8490
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
36
GeForce GTX 950
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
61
GeForce GTX 950
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
27
GeForce GTX 950
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 680
46
GeForce GTX 950
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
42
GeForce GTX 950
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 680
41
GeForce GTX 950
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
23
GeForce GTX 950
20
FPS (higher is better)